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Banco Agrícola Comercial was one of several private Salvadoran banks authorized to issue currency before the government's 1934 nationalization of note-issuing rights — a move that wiped out all competing circulation paper almost overnight. Notes from this bank survive in small numbers partly because the 1934 consolidation was abrupt, but also because El Salvador's rural economy in the 1920s meant heavy use and high attrition for low-denomination paper.

ABNC's involvement was essentially standard for Central American private banking issues of the period; the New York plates were expensive but guaranteed international credibility with foreign creditors.